Manner of hanging carriage-bodies



A. VALLERCHAMP.

Carriage-Spring.

Patented Oct. 12, 1839 No. L362.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AZIMA VALLERCHAMP, OF MODOWELLSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

MANNER 0F HANGING CARRIAGE-BODIES.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 1,362, dated. October 12, 1839.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AZIMA VALLERCHAMP, of McDowellsville, Columbiacounty, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Hanging Carriage- Bodies, which is described as follows,reference being had to the annexed drawings of the same, making part ofthis specification.

Figure 1, view of the under side of the carriage; Fig. 2, side View;Fig. 3, top view of the perch showing the plate with four loops; Fig. l,back view.

Similar letters refer to similar parts in the several figures.

The nature of this invention and improvement consists in a certain newand useful combination and arrangement of springs fastened to the perchof the carriage and straps and buckles attached to said springs and tothe under side of the carriage body when arranged in a pendulum orselfbalancing manner on the elliptic or other springs for preventing thebody swinging too far transversely, the longitudinal swinging beingprevented by straps attached to the front and hind ends of the carriagebody and to the upper side of the perch. hen the carriage is furnishedwith only one seat there are to be two springs A A, each of which ismade fiat with an aperture and ring 13 at one end, the other end beingperforated with round apertures for screws or rivets which fasten saidspring to the side of the perch 0 near the forward axle tree, the springextending back, so as to bring the ring B immediately under the seat.The straps D which connect said spring to the carriage body are attachedto the rings and extend obliquely upward and pass through loops orstaples E at the lower edges of the body under the ends of the seat,being furnished with buckles for bracing the body. There are two otherstraps F F for preventing the springs being extended too far from theperch to endanger their being broken by the transverse swinging of thebody, which straps pass through loops or eyes in the sides of thehorizontal plate Gr fastened to the top of the perch and extend throughrings attached to the springs and are furnished with buckles forlimiting the outward movement of the springs. The plate just mentionedhas two other eyes or loops on the sides thereof toward the forward andhind ends of the carriage, through which are passed straps H extendingthrough staples in the front and rear ends of the body and have bucklesfor bracing it and preventing the longitudinal movement which wouldbring the body against the elliptic springs and injure them. This platecontaining the four eyes or loops for the two transverse and the twolongitudinal straps is represented more clearly at G in Fig. 3 and isfastened to the upper side of the perch by screws or rivets.

By the before described arrangement of springs and straps attached tothe perch under the body for regulating the transverse swinging orpendulous movement of the carriage body the self-adjusting or pendulousmode of hanging the body may be accomplished with safety to the carriageand ease to the rider, running gears, horse, &c.

In carriages carrying two seats it may be necessary to have two othersprings ar ranged on the same principle between those just described andthe perch, so that they shall extend back sufliciently far to bring therings to which the oblique straps are attached immediately under thehind seat.

Spiral springs may be substituted for the straight springs on the perchif preferred.

The invention claimed and desired to be secured by Letters Patentconsists in- The combination and arrangement of the springs and checkstraps attached to the perch of the carriage and to the under side ofthe pendulous or self-adjusting carriage body for regulating thetransverse movement of the same as before described.v

AZIMA VALLEROHAMP.

Witnesses:

WM. 1?. ELLIo'r, EDMD. MAHER.

